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Nag Hammadi

noun
1.
A town in Upper Egypt.
2.
A collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism.  Synonym: Nag Hammadi Library.



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